dunkin' mahoning west, Austintown

Phillips Sekanick Architects transformed an undersized, vacant quick-service restaurant in the Mahoning Avenue commercial corridor into a new Dunkin restaurant serving the Austintown and Youngstown, Ohio market. The existing building did not meet Dunkin’s prototype requirements for size, configuration, customer flow, or exterior appearance, creating a complex adaptive reuse and restaurant renovation challenge.

Working closely with Dunkin Brands and the local franchisee, Phillips Sekanick Architects developed a comprehensive architectural solution that reconfigured the interior around Dunkin’s operational and service requirements while substantially reshaping the building exterior to establish a strong, recognizable brand identity. A strategically designed building addition provided the space necessary to improve operations and bring the existing structure into alignment with the Dunkin prototype.

Through extensive interior and exterior renovations, the design team successfully repurposed an existing restaurant rather than replacing it. The completed project demonstrates how Phillips Sekanick Architects combines commercial architecture, prototype adaptation, restaurant planning, and adaptive reuse to transform a challenging existing building into an efficient, contemporary facility that exceeded the franchisee’s expectations and Dunkin’s design standards.